According to local Moroccan media citing news from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as of 22:00 local time on September 9, the death toll from the Moroccan earthquake has risen to 2,012, and the number of injured people has reached 2,059, of which 1,404 are seriously injured.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey Seismic Information Network, the earthquake occurred at 23:11 local time on the 8th (6:11 Beijing time on the 9th), with a magnitude of 6.8, the epicenter was about 71 kilometers southwest of Marrakech, and the focal depth was 18.5 kilometers. Morocco's national geological monitoring agency announced later that the quake had a magnitude of 7.0 and a depth of 8 kilometers.
The historical and cultural city of Marrakech in Morocco is only tens of kilometers away from the epicenter of the strong earthquake, and many old buildings in the local area were seriously damaged by the strong earthquake.
Yang Shuang, reporter of the main station: This is the mosque that collapsed in the old city of Marrakech.
Yang Shuang, reporter of the main station: I am now in the old town of Marrakech, and behind me are some houses that collapsed due to the earthquake. There are several more houses that have collapsed like this.
On the 9th, the streets of Marrakech's old city were covered with bricks and rubble, many buildings were seriously damaged, and rescuers were carrying out search and rescue work in the rubble.
Marrakech is tens of kilometers from the epicenter of the earthquake, and its old city is included in UNESCO's World Heritage List. According to the UNESCO website, Marrakech was founded in the 11th century and for a long time was the political, economic and cultural center of Morocco.
Marrakech has preserved a number of historical monuments, among which monuments such as the Koutoubia Mosque were damaged to varying degrees in the earthquake. On the 9th, a UNESCO delegation arrived in Marrakech to assist Morocco in inspecting the loss of cultural heritage, ensuring the safety of buildings and preparing for reconstruction.
The monitoring recorded the moment of the earthquake, and the restaurant customers rushed to escape
On September 8, local time, a strong earthquake occurred in Morocco, and in a restaurant in Marrakech, Morocco, surveillance cameras captured pictures of people escaping during the earthquake. The video shows dozens of customers fleeing in panic from the restaurant gate after the quake. Due to panic and crowding, many people fell in front of the restaurant.